In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Sudip Sural of Crisil Ratings, discuss the gas bidding process for stranded power plants Tuesday. It may be recalled the auction was postponed twice in less than 2 weeks.
The e-auction for allocation of imported re-gasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) under the Ministry of Power‘s scheme for gas-based power plants is set to begin tomorrow. CRISIL estimates that at prevailing gas prices, this can potentially enable 9,000 mw out of 14,300 mw of currently stranded gas-based power plants.
Among the biggest beneficiaries of these measures are IDBI Bank, State Bank of India and ICICI Bank.
In a report, CNBC-TV18‘s Latha Venkatesh outlined banks that have most exposure to such projects.
The government's decision to supply subsidized imported gas and RLNG to power plants starved of the feedstock from domestic sources will impact various players differently, IIFL VP Harshvardhan Dole said.
While the SBA does provide temporary respite to fertiliser manufacturers in the form of cash-flow relief and lower interest burden, CRISIL believes the problem of under-budgeting, especially when the urea subsidy bill is likely to bloat in the next fiscal, will need to be addressed.
As per the MoU, GSPC has agreed to supply 0.85 million standard cubic metres per day (mmscm) of gas per day to GGCL from January 1, 2014 to June 30, 2025.
CRISIL believes that the Government of India's (GoI's) fertiliser subsidy is unlikely to reduce even after new plants are set up under the New Urea Investment Policy (NIP) 2013.
Dolat Capital has come with its December`12 quarterly earning estimates for oil & gas sector. According to research firm, volume growth is expected for Indraprastha Gas (IGL) and Petronet LNG. Gujarat Gas and GSPL are expected to report decline in volumes.
Sugata Sircar, MD, Gujarat Gas explains to CNBC-TV18 that the implementation of a sound strategy has restored the company‘s financials over a nine-month period. He adds that the share of RLNG in the gas-sourcing mix will remain and he is working on several solutions to reduce the impact of the increased and fluctuations in cost.
Rajesh VedVyas, managing director of Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) hopes that the company's performance in the second half to be on expected lines.
Andhra Pradesh government has requested the Centre to build a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal on the east coast of the state to meet natural gas requirements of critical industrial sectors.
Isaac George, CFO of GVK Power & Infrastructure says the quarterly earnings from the power sector slipped because Reliance has reduced gas supply. The company is operating at 75% of plant load factors (PLFs) as against 90% for the same period last year.